St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
THE telegraph messenger boys in New

THE telegraph messenger boys i'll Ne"
York City are organizing sort OF JUNIOR
knights of Labor association.
ARLIE LATHAM, of the st. Louis Brown
Stocking Base Ball Club, was defeated on
the night of the 18th in wrestling match
by Eugen Wiswen, a young athlete, AT
Lynn, Mass.
CONGRESS is asked to appropriate s32,O oo
to be incorporated in the Sundry Civll
Appropriation bill, for the lighting of the
Bartholdi statue, on Liberty Island.
The President has vetoed the bill ap
proprating $4,000 for the distribution OF
seeds to the drought-stricken counties oil
Texas.
Ex-C0NGREssMAN TALBOT, Of Kentucky,
is in Washington endeavorlng to secure
the Austrian mission.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany IS SUI
fering from hoarseness and a severe cold
generally.
A MAN calling himself John Cole
supposed to be the fur thief rescued
at Ravenna, O., broke out of the Marietta
(O) Jail on the night of the 18th, taking
the rest of the prisoners with him.
BROKE & WINER, wholesale clothing
| manufacturers, of Buffalo, N. Y, made an
assignment on the 10Th. Their liabilities
are estimated at over S2OO,OOo.
THE snow sheds in Blue Canyon, New
are reported to have collapsed under the
accommodations of snow, and snoW-ploW
| and seven engines are buried. Four en-
ployes of the railway company are miss
| ing.
THE Guion Line steamship Wisconsin
was discovered ashore fifteen miles east
| of Fire Island, off the port Of New York,
on the morning Of the 10th. The passen-
| gers and mails were reported safe.
| THE National Insurance Union held its
| semi-annual meeting at Louisville, KY, on
the 10Th.
| The Republicans made clean sweep in
the Philadelphia municipal elections.
THE President and Mrs. Cleveland at
| tended Mr. Wilson Barrett's performance
| of Hamlet at the National Theatre on
the evening of the 10Th. Two superb
| bouquets were sent to the box by Mr.. Bar
rett, and satin programmes, fringed with
bullion, were printed for the presidential
party The occupants of the other boxes
! were presented with similar programmes.
THE officials of the Amalgamated AS
! soclaton of Iron and Steel Workers are
collecting data on which to predicate their
next scale of wages, which promises to be
higher than the present.
THE House of Representatives at Wash
ington listened on the 10th to eulogies on
the late Senator Logan, addresses being
made by prominent members on both
| sides of the House
| PRINCE HoHENLoHE has issued stirring
| election manifesto to the voters Of Alsace-
Lorraine, holding up the horrors of posi-
| BILE war with France to them in the event
| of government defeat at the polls in the
pending elections.
THE Government receipts for the first
half of February amount to SIS, 100000, an
average of over 81, 100000 a day. The ex'
pendiiures have been unusually heavy,
the pension payments amounting to about
$4,000, 900.
THE estimate in which Colonel Swift
ler's report on the industries, etc, of the
Southern States is held by Congress, may
be inferred from the fact that the House
Of Representatives unanimously passed :
resolution authorizing the printing of 15,.
900 additional copies, 10000 for the use o.:
the House and 5000 for the use of the Sen
ate, the estimated cost of which is IS, 3S4. 30